諍う
いさかう · isakau
To quarrel, to dispute
Other ways to say “to quarrel” in Japanese →
falls after mora 3 · what is pitch accent?
Say it out loud
Press the microphone and say 諍う (いさかう)
Your browser’s speech recognition checks whether it understood you (in Chrome, Google processes the audio). Nihoner doesn’t record anything.
Do you really know it?
Your memory hook
Link the sound or the kanji to something you already know — a personal hook is one of the fastest ways to make a word stick. It’s saved to your free account with the word.
Kanji in this word
Can you write it? Draw kanji from memory →
Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 諍いますいさかいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 諍いませんいさかいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 諍いましたいさかいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 諍いませんでしたいさかいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 諍いましょういさかいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 諍いいさかい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 諍いたいいさかいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 諍いながらいさかいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 諍っていさかって |
| Plain past (た形) | 諍ったいさかった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 諍ったらいさかったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 諍っているいさかっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 諍わないいさかわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 諍わなかったいさかわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 諍わなくていさかわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 諍えるいさかえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 諍えばいさかえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 諍えいさかえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 諍おういさかおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 諍われるいさかわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 諍わせるいさかわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 諍わされるいさかわされる |
Practise every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Questions
What does 諍う mean?
To quarrel, to dispute.
How do you pronounce 諍う?
いさかう (isakau). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
How do I remember 諍う?
Say it out loud with an example sentence, test yourself above, then save it to your deck: Nihoner brings it back just before you would forget it (spaced repetition).
Save your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck — Nihoner brings each one back right before you would forget it.
Free · no card · your words are kept